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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 774932" data-attributes="member: 25159">The Laws of Economics Strike Back&nbsp;Well, Obamacare has barely started taking effect, and the evidence is already rolling in. I hate to say we told them so, but ... we told them so. The laws of economics have struck back.&nbsp;Health insurers Wellpoint, Cigna, Aetna, Humana and CoventryOne will stop writing policies for all children (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/24437o5" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/24437o5</a>). Why? Because Obamacare requires that they insure already sick children for the same price as well children.That sounds compassionate, but -- in case Obamacare fanatics haven&#039;t noticed -- sick children need more medical care. Insurance is about risk, and already sick children are 100 percent certain to be sick when their coverage begins. So if the government mandates that insurance companies cover sick children at the lower well-children price, insures will quit the market rather than sandbag their shareholders. This is not callousness -- it&#039;s fiduciary responsibility. Insurance companies are not charities. So, thanks to the compassionate Congress and president, parents of sick children will be saved from expensive insurance -- by being unable to obtain any insurance! That&#039;s how government compassion works.&nbsp;In 2014, the same rule will kick in for adults. You now know what to expect.&nbsp;Read more here: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/10/07/john-stossel-economic-congress-taxes-obamacare-health-care/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/10/07/john-stossel-economic-congress-taxes-obamacare-health-care/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 774932, member: 25159"] [SIZE=2]The Laws of Economics Strike Back[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] Well, Obamacare has barely started taking effect, and the evidence is already rolling in. I hate to say we told them so, but ... we told them so. The laws of economics have struck back. Health insurers Wellpoint, Cigna, Aetna, Humana and CoventryOne will stop writing policies for all children ([URL]http://tinyurl.com/24437o5[/URL]). Why? Because Obamacare requires that they insure already sick children for the same price as well children. That sounds compassionate, but -- in case Obamacare fanatics haven't noticed -- sick children need more medical care. Insurance is about risk, and already sick children are 100 percent certain to be sick when their coverage begins. So if the government mandates that insurance companies cover sick children at the lower well-children price, insures will quit the market rather than sandbag their shareholders. This is not callousness -- it's fiduciary responsibility. Insurance companies are [B]not charities[/B]. [COLOR=red]So, thanks to the compassionate Congress and president, parents of sick children will be saved from expensive insurance -- by being unable to obtain any insurance! That's how government compassion works.[/COLOR] [B]In 2014, the same rule will kick in for adults. You now know what to expect.[/B] [COLOR=blue]Read more here:[/COLOR] [URL]http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/10/07/john-stossel-economic-congress-taxes-obamacare-health-care/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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